The Beautiful Summer (2023)

Original title

La bella estate

Directed by

Laura Luchetti

Genre

drama

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

16

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in 1930s Italy, a young woman experiences first love and the harsh realities of growing up. The story follows her through a summer of hope and eventual disappointment.

slow-burnnostalgicmelancholictenderbittersweetintimatevisually lushcontemplative

What happens

The Beautiful Summer is a 2023 Italian drama film written by Laura Luchetti, Greta Scicchitano and Mario Iannuzziello and directed by Luchetti. It is loosely based on a novella by Italian author Cesare Pavese, first published in Italian as La bella estate in 1940 and then in a collection of three novellas under the same name in 1949. The film, like the novella, is set in 1930s (1938 specifically in the film) Italy and is a coming of age story of juvenile love, hope and defeat. The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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